Bag-cleaner.



F 6. GAUNTT,

BAG CLEANER.

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FOREST G. GAUNTT, OI FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T W. J SAVAGECOMPANY, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, A CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE.

BAG-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1918.

in cereal mills, and similar purposes, thereby enabling reclaiming ofmaterial for feed,

or use.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment of the invention, withthe receiving chamber doors open;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing the opposite direction of rotationwith discharge device gate closed, instead of open as in the broken awayportion shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the housing from the opposite end of thedrum from the showing in Fig. 2 with the gate shown as away from thecollection discharge or dust chamber;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation from the right of the showing in Fig. 1, withthe drum ,r0 tated about 180 and ortions broken away;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, with the drive shifted for reversetravel, and more portions broken away; 1

Fig- 6 is a detail of the drive control in stopping position; Fig. 7 isa fragmentary view on an enlarged scale of the discharge pocket inopening position as shown in Fig.

, 1; Fig. 8 is a view from the left of Fig. 7

looking at the open pocket; Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view on an enlargedscale of the closed pocket of Fig. 2; Fig. 10 is a side elevation, stillfurther enlarged, from the opposite side of the showing in Fig. 9; andFig. 11 is a perspective view, with parts broken away, of the closedpocket.

The brackets 1 carry the idler sustaining rollers 2, while similarbrackets 3 carry the driving shaft 4which has fast thereon the actuatingsustaining rollers 5. The rollers .2. tra el or he Wa e t t e movab drumor rotary housing having the outer shell 7 mounted on the heads 8, 9.Axially disposed as to the head 9 is the opening 10 which may be closedby the pair of doors 11. This is the entrance or charging opening forthe receiving chamber into which used sacks, bags, or sweepings may beintroduced, and then the doors 11 closed for confining the fine materialor dust therein.

The receiving chamber comprises an annular wall and an annular series ofslats 12 mounted on the heads 8, 9, parallel with the axis of the drum.Extending about the slats 12, to leave the slats 12 inside the receivingchamber as heaters, is the perforate wall portion or mesh work 13. Forsupplementing the beating action of the slats 12, inwardly angularlyextending arms 14 rigid with the housing are provided, effective inworking the falling material or objects to the center of the drum. Thismeshwork 13 is spaced from the outer shell 7 to form the collectionchamber to which delivery of the separated matter is made by theagitation in the receiving chamber to pass through the perforate wallportion thereof.

The rotary collection chamber has therein a chute 15 provided with thewing 16 to conduct accumulated material into the. hood 18 through theopening 17 in the drum shell 7. This hood 18 or discharge device isnormally closed by the gate 19, held shut by the spring 20.

In operation, the device is idle when the handle 21 is in the positionshown in Fig. 6. The cam slot 22 has thrust the pin 23, and with it thecollar 24 away from the collar 25, so that the rod 26 fast with thecollar 24 is shifted through the collar away from the lever 21. The rod27 is made fast to the collar 25 and carries the belt shifting fingers28, which in this idleposition hold the belt 29 on the loose pulley 30.The rod 27 is fast with the collar 25 and slidable through the collar24. The rod 26 carries the belt shifting fingers 31 for shifting thebelt 32, now held for driving the loose pulley 33 in an oppositedirection to the driving of the loose pulley by the belt 29. Betweenthese spaced loose pulleys 30, 33, is the ulley 34 fast on the shaft 4.

The intermediate portion 35 of the shaft 4 carries the traveling nut 36embracing the rods 26, Shifting of the hand lever 21.

moving material fromthe collection chamber including a pocket and avalve for opening the pocket.

6. An alternating rotary housing embodying a material receiving chamber,a rotary collection chamber radially exterior of the receiving chambersupplied from said receiving chamber, said collection chamber having achute, and a discharge device rotatable with the collection chamber andprovided with a pocket adjacent said chute and radially exterior of thecollection chamber.

7. A. movable housing embodying a material receiving chamber havingbeaters therein, a collection chamber supplied from said receivingchamber, and a discharge de vice for the collection chamber including avalve controlled device movable with the housing, said housing beingperipherally imperforate except for the valve controlled devlce.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 8. A movable imperforatehousing embodying a material receiving chamber having parallel slats, acollection chamber supplied from said receiving chamber, and a dischargedevice for the collection chamber including an automatic valve devicemovable with the housing and providing an opening through the otherwiseimperforate housing.

9. An alternating rotary imperforate housing embodying a materialreceiving chamber therein comprising an annular series of arallel slatsand mesh work thereover, a co lection chamber supplied through said meshwork from the receiving chamber, anda discharge device for thecollection chamber including a pocket rotatable with the housing, and astationary guide for opening the pocket.

In Witness whereof I affix my signature.

FOREST G. GAUNTT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washmgton, D. 0."

